Retiring from scuba diving

[wildbill9]

I am not sure where to post this. Please tell me if I need to move it.

At some point in time we will all retire from diving. My health may prevent me from anymore diving. My gear is about 8 years old, yearly maintenanced, and about 200 dives on it.

What can or should I do with it? I am not trying to sell or make anything from it. If it is just trash let me know. But it’d prefer that it went to a good home or cause.

 

[Jake 10]

Could you list the equipment available? I have a Boy Scout Troop that may benefit from some equipment for training .

 

[DiveLikeAMuppet]

Donate it to a non-profit club?

 

[lowwall]

In general, in descending ease of sale:
- tanks
- regs
- fins
- computers (if model is still available or only recently discontinued)
- BCD
- wetsuit
- old computers and consoles

But this is all heavily dependent on the actual item, both the model and condition.

 

[Eric Sedletzky]

@wildbill9 you're going to have to list it so we know what you have then we can make recommendations.
I have to be honest, most used scuba gear doesn't fetch a lot of money. I know you say you don't need much and want it to go to a good home.
Let's hear what you have.
I have several new divers in our urchin diving group that need gear but can't afford much so they freedive. One gal is a marine biologist who is certified through AOW plus some scientific diving, she works at an animal rescue sanctuary for low pay and can barely afford gas to meet up on the coast one day week and absolutely has no money for gear. I know several people like this that would love to have scuba gear to use but can't afford it so they freedive. Even then I'm supplying them with used wetsuits and fins/masks/weight etc.
If what you have is real Gucci gear then it could be worth something, but if it's more generic or Aqualung for instance probably not much. There's a lot of turmoil and uncertainly in the scuba gear world right now.

 

[Maolli]

I'm fairly certain that if you list the items and offer them for nothing more than the cost to ship, they'll be snapped up fairly quickly.

If it was me I'd do some research and see what the stuff is worth and post it for sale on here or EBay.

I'm of the opinion that (with few exceptions) one can never have too much money.

 

[Centrals]

When I retire from scuba diving or simply do not want to travel with all those heavy stuff:
Donate or sell them cheaply, most likely in Indonesia/Philippines or Thailand to local dive guide.

BTW, all the stuffs are well over 10yrs old and I serviced the Apeks Regs regularly myself.

 

[chillyinCanada]

I am not sure where to post this. Please tell me if I need to move it.

At some point in time we will all retire from diving. My health may prevent me from anymore diving. My gear is about 8 years old, yearly maintenanced, and about 200 dives on it.

What can or should I do with it? I am not trying to sell or make anything from it. If it is just trash let me know. But it’d prefer that it went to a good home or cause.

I'm sorry to hear about your health.

Please list your gear for us.

 

[wildbill9]

1. Thanks for the replies! I have no desire to sell or profit in anyway, sorry for any confusion. I am not sure if my diving is over or not and was just wanting to gather ideas. My gear is travel related. Micron reg, pressure gauge and power inflation. Zeagle travel bc. 3 wet suits. Large to extra large (I am 6'3", 200 pds). I like the idea of donating to needy or prospective divers. There is nothing special or unique, just solid reliable gear. Thanks again Bill

 

[landphil]

We've donated a lot of our old stuff to our local university sci diver program. There's always some students who can't afford to put together their own gear without some help. And the really old junk still gets a plenty of pool time. Once you've chosen to donate your gear, there are a wealth of organizations that would love to have it and make great use of it. You just need to find the one that you're most excited to support. And definitely don't worry about the suitability of your gear for their purposes. Often, your gear will be the difference between divers needing to share resources, or the organization having to spend funds on rentals and divers getting their own setup.